Legging.



No. 875,555. A PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907- M. ROSENWASSER.

LEGGING. APPLICATION FILED APE.1.19 07.

INVENTOI? MORRIS eosssw sssh, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Petent.

measles Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed Aprilil. 1907. Ezeriel 130. 365,873-

To all whom it may come m:

Be it lmowh that I, Messrs RossiiwessER, residing st New Yorlz in the county of New York end. State of New York, have in vented oerteiii how and useful lmprovllmerits in Leggings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exeot'desoription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it epperteins to make and use the some. v

1 This invention relates to garments and, more peiticulerly, to leggings.

Qne' of the objects 0; the. invention is to rovicle a legging which will lit about the eg with greater accuracy end. which will hetter retain-its shape when positioned upon the leg than will leggings as hitherto constructed'.

u 7 Another object is to provide a.- simp more efficient manner of fastening giug upon the leg then has hitherto been de -vised.

A further object is to provide a construetion such that the free meeting eglges oi the legging near "the lower portion thereof are positively held against separation, Other objects will be in pert obvious and inpsrt'pointed out hereinafter.

The invention-accordingly consists in the so features of construction, combinations oi elemeets and arrangement of parts, wliich' ivill be exemplified in the construction lifillll after set 'forth,end the scope of the ehplice tion of which will be imlicsiteli in thei'ohlovrclaims.

n the ecoompenyiiig draw ng- "wherein is emillustrated one ofthe 'voiiofiltpossihle horliments of .my inveiition, bigere i is e; v

view showing the-iritei-ior' of e legging som structed ineeeordenoe therewith; ivhichht been flattened; out better to illustrate the construction; 2 is a view showing. the

I legging positioned upon the leg; e118. Fig. 3

is e vertical seotional view taken through the Holler reference chere'ctersrei'er to $11111? "ler srtsthroughout the several vieWs o-f the rowing. y I Referring now to the drawing, my 'inveh '50 tion is shown applied .to' & puttee legging which, hi the present instance, is oonstitutetl b e plurality of suitably shegecl etrips'of c 0th sewed together to 'pif evioe'e contour corresponding eppi'oxislstel fifl the seeps.

oifthe leg; the'grese t' mete"es.v l. em-= ploy four cherish-553 1113 *groviiie e at the reel po tion of the legging, as et 1, and a. seam oi the side portwns there of, as at 2 end 3, the free edges meeting at the front portion of the one open the other. 7 o

In order the; the legging may retain its shape pesitioiied upon the leg and fit the eco'zi l stiffening members l which exte'n longitudinally of the le sug. iiiv itioii, ployed W steel soil are secured to the inner surface of the legging, seicl strips being held in position and conceal-eel beneath stri' s 5 of cloth stitched to the legging. it wi l be noted that stifieztingmemhers is provided we or the legging, end that v errsecliete the edges of 4 s oft-lie materiel whieh ion of the legging, The see'ui'elv .113031 the leg by ecured to one of the fire at the lower extremity h 'iig edeptezi to be r ietl ugvon the opr of these strips are emosite ea jeeelijt its point of tastes.- mg 'lee-str's o thereafter basses (liegoiiellv a 1 u e teiiorly of the legging, and et Oi: thereoifl' htermediete the extr rise 0 the legging, esid strep passes thi'oeghioops s s il 9 xespeotively provided '1i on each. it

UL 11. 16 free. eclge's' oi' the legging,

I e thereefterpeeses 'egein about the legend et theupper estremity of the leg ging 'eeeses e loop 1%,Wlience it ex. across the meeting "eilges oi" the legwith a buckle or sine Jr mov 1-, the ankle joints of wearersof leggings caused leggings of this type as eonstruoted to tend to so 35V- iste their low 3 meeting edges, t he allowing-the eiiti so of air or (hit to the iiiterior of the legging. In orier to correct this defect; l heve provided means whereby the lower edges are positively end effectively seeuregl together, such meez s comprising a post 12 w oh, in the present instance, is socured to one of the flexible steel strips, as at 13, ssitl post, which is preferably heeded, e'stending outwardly from the exterior surli ceo'i toe l v '"i Strep 6, on its inner l siilfse" with. e plurality of oper 1 llIlISS silt meteiiee, are coni s"""1teo, secured to the strep in this embodiment of ch one constructed of this spring logging and 'lepping'eo I provide it olurelity of 25 the scope thereof, it is intended that a l, mat- Post 12, when strap 6 is wrapped about the leg, is adapted to take in any one of eyelets 14 and thus effect a positive connection between the lower free meeting edges of the legging, a disengagement of the-strap and'the post being impossible by reason of the fact that the strap is put under tension before the same is secured to the buckle 11.

, It will-accordinglybe seen that I have pro- Vided a construction which -is especially well adapted to attain the aims and objects of my invention. The stiffening members insure the holding of the legging in a predetermined form and prevent the same from wrinkling or crinkling upon the leg, and at the same time the engagement between the fastening strap and the .post extending from the exterior of the legging prevents the lower meeting edges from separating under the stress put thereon when the wearer is in the act of walking.

As many changes could be made in the .above construction and .many' apparently :Widely different embodiments of thls 1nvention could be made without departin from Patent is 1. A leg -ng comprising a stri of flexible material ag apted tobe wrapped about the leg and having a fastening member secured to one of its 'free meeting edges near one of the extremities thereof, said fastening memher being adapted to be passed aboutthe exterior of .the legging detachably securing the other free edge of the legging near the opposite extremity thereof, one of said parts bein provided with an aperture, a post carried y the other of said parts and rojecting from tl surface thereof adapted to enter said aperture, and guides located intermedii ate the extremities of thelegging through which said fastening member extends.

edge of the legging erases 2. A legging of the class described comprising a strip of flexible 'materialhaving stiffening members extending longitudinally of the same, a postsecured to one of said stiffening members and extending outwardly from the outer surface of the legging, a strap secured to'one of the free edges of the legging near one of the extremities thereof having one; or more apertures each of which is adapted to be engaged by said post, and a device upon the other free meeting edge of the legging near the opposite extremity thereof to which said. strap is adjustably secured.

. 3. A legging comprising astri of flexible material adapted to be wrapped about the leg, a plurality of stiffening members extending longitudinally of the same, a strap secured to the lower portion of one of the free edges thereof and having one or more apertures formed on the inner surface 'thereof, a

ost secured to one of said stiffenin mem ers and extending exteriorl of the egging adapted to engage one of tie apertures of saidstrap when the same is passed about the leg, and a device upon the other free meeting near the opposite extremity thereof to which said strap may be ad' justably secured.

4. A legging comprising a stri of flexible material adapted to be wrappe about the leg and having a strap provided with an opening in its inner surface secured thereto at one of its free meeting edges near one of the extremities thereof, said strap being adapted to be passed about the exterior of the legg ng and detachably secured to the other free edge near the opposite extremitythereof, guides located intermediate the extremities of the legging through which said strap extends, and a post carried by the legging and projecting outwardly therefrom at its rearportion, said post bein adapted to enter the opening formed in sai strap when the latter is wrapped about the leg and fastened thereby, the tension of said strap being adapted to hold said post and said opening in engagement. 4

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

v MORRIS ROSENWASSER. Witnesses:

.C. H. WILSON,

H. M. SEAMANS. 

